| Charles James Fox (1749-1806) statesman, third son
of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland. Educated at Eton and Hertford College,
Oxford and in 1768 elected MP for Midhurst. In 1770 he became a member of
the Board of the Admiralty under North but seldom bothered to attend. In
1780 Fox was elected MP for Westminster which city he continued, with a
slight interruption, to represent till his death. In 1789 he asserted that
the Prince of Wales had a right to the Regency. It is possible that Fox's
electors supported his attempt to make a new Administration against Pitt,
who was opposed to the Prince of Wales as Regent. |
